07.14.2012 Neues Museum: The Green Head and the Golden Hat

I was supposed to go to the Neue Nationalgalerie, but by the time I pulled myself out of bed, I had to change my plans (because it was closing) and I went to the Neue Museum instead. (Not the same)  I think the alternate name for the Neue Museum is the Egyptian museum, and although the title says the Green Head and the Golden Hat, I did not see either artefacts. But! This has been the most amusing museum visit yet!

Thank you David Chipperfield

The Neues Museum holds Egyptian, Prehistory, and Early History collections, which make me wonder why it's called "New", but let's not go into that. Although its content is the leftover pieces that don't fit inside the Altes Museum, the collection was good, and I had a really amusing time because many of the artifacts had funny faces on them (See below). But what was even better was the interior of the museum. Its not some modern remake or contemporary art piece (which I enjoy too), but a thoughtful remodel of its original form, and walking through it, you can imagine the original place must have been beautiful. Each room has a different style to it, and the floor is covered in brightly coloured tesselations.. Actually I take it back, the faces triumph over the interior. See for yourself.

 

1.oh nose, (pun intended)                                                     2.watermelon cat

1. husband and wife,                                                                                                                                 2.friends and family

  

Egyptian and babbooon staring contest.

1.faces                                                                                                        2. really nice hands

two headed sculpture Socrates and Seneca

1. Behind the guard is Nefertiti,                                                     2. Armless boy                                                                            3. another entrance

A part of a uniform, but would make great jello molds..

weights

You say wine amphora, I say carrot

 

1. Face urn                                                                                 2. panda eyes

1. bar bar the barbarian                                          2. Fragments from damage from the war that the restoration people cannot figure out where it belongs

fragment of a buckle with a great face.

1. Artefact hallway,                                                                2. Gates of Paradise, Florence;                                    3. Pottery vessels in the wall as soundboxes

tomb

these urns are so cute!

Loom and fishing net weights

headdress

Early bronze age figures

1. staff amulet with a bearded head                                                                                                                                       2. Ring

Represntation of Queen and Pharoh

Sphinx of Shepenupet II

hedgehog and shrew

BFFs

1. Protective Deity,                                                                 2. Sons of Horus,                                                                   3. Sarcophagus